Apologies were received from Councillors N Begy, D Blanksby, W Cross, S Harvey, O Hemsley and A Walters.

The Chairman confirmed he would provide any announcements at the next ordinary meeting of the Council on 27 February.

There were no announcements from the Leader, Members of the Cabinet or Head of Paid Service.

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are invited to declare any disclosable interests under the Code of Conduct and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

There were no declarations of interest.

To receive any petitions, deputations or questions received from members of the public in accordance with the provisions of Procedures Rule 25 and 26. The total time allowed for this is 30 minutes.  Petitions, deputations and questions will be dealt with in the order in which they are received and any which are not considered within the time limit shall receive a written response after the meeting.

As this is a Special Meeting of the Council any petitions, deputations and questions must relate to item on the agenda in accordance with Procedure Rule 21.

No petitions, deputations or questions had been received from members of the public.

To receive any questions submitted from Members of the Council in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rules 27 and 28.

As this is a Special Meeting of the Council any petitions, deputations and questions must relate to item on the agenda in accordance with Procedure Rule 21.

No questions had been received from Members of the Council.

To receive Report No. 36/2023 from the Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance and Performance, Change and Transformation, and the Portfolio Holder for Health, Wellbeing and Adult Care.

Report No. 36/2023 was introduced by Councillor K Payne, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance and Performance, Change and Transformation. The report sought Council approval for the appointments of Kirsty Nutton as Strategic Director for Resources (S151 Officer) and Kim Sorsky as Strategic Director for Adults and Health following a recruitment process including interview by a Chief Officer Appointments Committee.

A motion to approve the recommendations of Report No. 36/2023 was moved by Councillor K Payne and seconded. Upon being out to the vote, with 21 votes in favour the motion was unanimously carried. 

RESOLVED

1)     That Council, on the recommendation of the Chief Officer Appointment Committee, APPROVED the appointments of:

a)     Kirsty Nutton as Strategic Director Resources (S151 Officer)

b)     Kim Sorsky as Strategic Director Adults and Health on an internal arrangement for 12 months

27 February 2023 (Budget Meeting)

The next meeting was noted as being on 27 February 2023 (Budget).